Guest guest Posted January 18, 1996 Report Share Posted January 18, 1996 > > 3). As to Sugriva's incident, I don't have an explanation. Incidentally, > you might recall Rama kills Vali by hiding behind a bush - against all > rules of combat. I am sure it would be a piece of cake for Rama to > come out in the open and finish off Vali just as easily as you and I could > exterminate a mosquito. I suspect Valmiki, being a very wise saint, had > good reason portray the incident the way he did. > > > M. Sheshadri > Vali had a boon that he would acquire (half) the powers of the opponent with whom he had face-to-face combat. That was why Rama had to "hide behind the bush". This _is_ against rules of combat, That is why Rama tells Vali that in his next avataram as Krishna, He would suffer the same fate (when the hunter kills Him thinking His foot to be a deer). I havent followed this thread in its totality (I came back from India only yesterday). Sorry if I am repeating something that was already mentioned. -- -- partha ----- Parthasarathy Ranganathan Dept of ECE, Rice University Webpage : http://www-ce.rice.edu/ce/members/parthas/htdocs/parthas.html ----- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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